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Comcast NBCUniversal Leadership Awards
Recognize Outstanding City Year Alumni
Annual leadership awards spotlight City Year alumni who
strengthen their community
by inspiring, mobilizing and empowering others
Boston, MA (July 16, 2015)
– City Year, a
national education organization that unites young
adults for a year of service in high-need urban schools,
presented Comcast NBCUniversal Leadership Awards to
five City Year alumni who served in Boston,
Columbus, Philadelphia and San Antonio and are continuing to
make a difference in their communities. Held at Northeastern
University’s Matthews Arena on Tuesday, July 14th,
the awards ceremony was attended by more than 1,400 City Year
staff and AmeriCorps members. Comcast NBCUniversal is presenting
sponsor of the awards.
“Since our partnership began 14 years ago, it has been amazing
to see City Year grow from 700 corps members in 13 cities to
nearly quadruple that size today,” said Charisse R. Lillie, Vice
President of Community Investment for Comcast Corporation and
President of the Comcast Foundation, who spoke at the event.
“The five honorees have demonstrated incredible leadership,
generosity and tenacity. They serve as an inspiration to us all,
and we look forward to seeing the great progress that City Year
continues to make to promote community service, build tomorrow’s
leaders and empower students across the country.”
For the past 25 years, City Year alumni have been
making a difference in their communities, both inside and
outside of the organization. Since 2005,
Comcast NBCUniversal has recognized more than 50 City Year
alumni leaders. This year’s
leadership award winners are:
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Dr. Hyung (Harry) Cho,
City Year Greater Philadelphia ’03,
Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Mount Sinai Hospital
in New York, for his exceptional commitment to reducing
medical cost of care and increasing quality and patient safety
in New York City.
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Jeff Lafata,
City Year Boston
’00, ’01,
Founder and Executive Director of Empowering People for
Inclusive Communities (EPIC) in Massachusetts, for his
inspiring leadership through empowering youth and young adults
with disabilities to find their voice and become active citizens
in neighborhoods throughout Greater Boston.
·
Marion Mollegen McFadden,
City Year Columbus ’95,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs at the US
Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington,
D.C., for her tireless advocacy of people and communities
with inadequate, unaffordable, or insecure housing.
·
Kate Morgan,
City Year Greater
Philadelphia ’07, City Year Care Force ’08,
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, North America, for SAP
in California, for her outstanding leadership in the
field of corporate social responsibility and mobilizing
thousands of volunteers to strengthen local communities through
employee engagement.
·
Davier Rodriguez,
City Year San Antonio ’10,
Co-Founder and Coordinator of DREAMzone at Arizona State
University in Arizona, for his relentless commitment to
building inclusive communities as an active citizen, student,
teacher, and campus community leader to affect social change in
Arizona and its diverse populations.
Previous award-winning City Year alumni now include: a mayor; a
medical director who runs a clinic serving low-income and
homeless families; an immigration rights lawyer; four corporate
social responsibility leaders; six community and economic
development professionals; seven school principals and
educators; 13 City Year staff; and 23 executive directors and
nonprofit leaders, including 11 who founded their own
organizations.
Comcast NBCUniversal
is
City Year’s Leadership Development and Training Partner. Comcast
NBCUniversal supports City Year’s leadership development
programs, is the National Opening Day Sponsor, Presenting
Sponsor of the National Leadership Summit, Presenting Sponsor of
City Year’s annual training academy, and a multi-site team
sponsor. Comcast NBCUniversal donates significant communication
and broadcasting resources to help City Year raise awareness
about its mission and focus areas by reaching more young people
across the country through cable and Internet. Comcast
NBCUniversal’s investment in City Year makes it possible for
thousands of corps members to help improve the lives of students
while creating sustainable solutions for social change.
About City Year:
City Year is an education-focused organization founded in 1988
dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. City
Year partners with public schools in 26 urban, high-poverty
communities across the U.S. and through international affiliates
in the U.K. and Johannesburg, South Africa. Diverse teams of
City Year AmeriCorps members provide
high-impact student, classroom and school-wide support, to help
students stay in school and on track to graduate from high
school, ready for college and career success. A proud member of
the AmeriCorps national service network, City Year is made
possible by support from the Corporation for National and
Community Service, school district partnerships, and private
philanthropy from corporations, foundations and individuals.
Learn more at www.cityyear.org
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